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...tion-drug prices with drugmakers. As part of the agreement with the DOJ, CVS and Aetna have to divest Aetna's Medicare Part D prescription-drug-plan business. The boundaries of the healthcare business are changing. Inste...

...nd the lowest number of benchmark plans since Part D started in 2006 (Figure 6, Table 1). Our analysis of the Medicare Part D stand-alone drug plan landscape for 2019 shows an increase in plan availability for 2019, alon...

...er first. And if you’re on Medicare, whether you’ll be covered can depend on whether you have signed up for a Medicare Part D plan. Read more about how to pay for your shingles vaccine. Here’s what else you need to know ...

...ose limits will see a slight increase in what they pay every month for their prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. The one wildcard that CMS didn't really discuss was how coverage options will change among po...

...t about controlling prescription drug costs, but they have been unsuccessful in doing so. Individuals who use Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage find that as drug costs keep increasing, they are in the “bubble” m...

...or 2018 is $183, so you'll have to pay this out-of-pocket before Medicare begins paying for covered services. Medicare Part D costs vary, as do Medicare Advantage plans. There are differences in premiums, coinsurance, an...

...alth and Human Services, said “our nation is in the midst of an unprecedented opioid epidemic.” He focused on Medicare Part D beneficiaries. Part D is the prescription drug section of Medicare, the government health insu...

...ing more than one million patients per year, expanding specialty pharmacy services, and a leading stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, the company enables people, businesses and communities to manage healt...

...sted she reach out to the American Kidney Fund, which offered Noyes help paying her health-insurance bill and Medicare Part D premium. (All end-stage renal-failure patients are eligible for Medicare.) “It gave me wiggle ...

... more than $3.30 for each generic drug or $8.25 for each brand-name covered drug. l Since its launch in 2006, Medicare Part D has helped tens of millions of patients lower their prescription-drug costs. That makes it vit...

...thly Part D premiums next year could be a lot higher than other Americans because of income adjustments, too. Medicare Part D drug coverage is provided by private insurers, so monthly premiums vary from plan to plan. In ...

...ir current plan, which may not always be the case. As KFF also points out, costs continue to vary greatly for Medicare Part D plans. Among the 10-most enrolled plans in 2016, the average monthly premiums in 2017 range fr...

...ents to treat later in life. This probably goes without saying, but make doubly certain that you enroll for a Medicare Part D plan on time. Every year, beginning on Oct. 1, insurers that have contracted with Medicare beg...

There's a body of research showing that painkiller abuse and overdose are lower in states with medical marijuana laws. These studies have generally assumed that when medical marijuana is available, pain patients are increasingly choosing pot over powerful and deadly prescription narcotics. But that's always been just an assumption.